Comment on lemm.ee plans for mitigating image upload abuse
TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 months agoThis is my opinion also. Reddit turned to shit around the time they started self-hosting. Imgur only exists because people needed a place to host reddit images.
Pacers31Colts18@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Is there a fediverse instance of Imgur?
TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 months ago
No, but there’s nothing stopping you from using direct links from imgur, in traditional fashion.
It’s a little bit convoluted, though. You have to post the image, then hover over and select “Get share links”, and then pick the image for BB code (forums). This has the [img] tags at the start and finish, but importantly it has the direct link to the image file. If you use this on lemmy then it will load in the instance, rather than directing to imgur itself.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Imgur is deleting images over a certain age posted anonymously. And they might continue to decrease the number of images they keep to try to be closer to profitability. So that will be bad for longevity of content.
winterwulf@lemm.ee 9 months ago
reddit is the new imgur. I post stuff to my reddit profile grab the image link and post here. let spezz pay the bill for hosting our images.
nosurprises@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That solution sounds a bit too complicated.
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That produces
https://i.imgur.com/4K8r2Bo.png
Hubi@feddit.de 10 months ago
I’ve seen people link to uploads on Pixelfed, though this is probably not the intended use case.
Bongles@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Not yet but I wish there was. I use imgur quite a lot and I like the idea of a fediverse version. Especially with the direction they’ve gone lately.